India is committed to help the world with vaccines, including through COVAX facility

India will continue to supply COVID-19 vaccines to partner countries over the coming weeks and months in a phased manner. “We have not imposed any ban on exports of vaccines unlike many other countries,” sources said.

India commenced domestic COVID-19 vaccination programme on January 16. “Within days, we also commenced external supplies. As soon as purchase orders were placed, we also commenced supplies under COVAX Facility. So far, more than 60 million doses of Made in India vaccines have been supplied to over 75 countries, including through COVAX. Details are available on our website. No other country has supplied the world with as many doses as India has so far” sources added.

“We had stated that keeping in view the domestic requirements of the phased rollout, India will continue to supply COVID-19 vaccines to partner countries over the coming weeks and months in a phased manner. This position remains unchanged. We have not imposed any ban on exports of vaccines unlike many other countries,” said sources.

“We remain committed to help the world with vaccines, including through COVAX Facility. Given our current manufacturing capacity and requirements of national vaccination programmes, there may be a need to calibrate the supply schedules from time to time. All stakeholders would have to work together to adjust the schedules as required. Only by such cooperation, we can collectively deal with the ongoing pandemic,” sources maintained.